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Beroepsopleiding advocaten-stagiairs herzien

Sinds 2 oktober 2025 gelden er belangrijke veranderingen in de beroepsopleiding van advocaten-stagiairs. Onze algemene vergadering keurde op 24 september een nieuw reglement goed d…

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Force probante des extraits du registre national

Le Fil RGPD quitte ses chemins habituels cette quinzaine et s’aventure sur le terrain du régime de la preuve. En effet, une circulaire commune des ministres de la Justice et de l’I…

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BDO welcomes new law firm BDO Legal

BDO Belgium broadens its legal services with BDO Legal. A team of lawyers and paralegals will support Belgian and international businesses with specialised, pragmatic legal advice …

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Buyer Beware: Don’t Pay Twice for the Business

In order to make a transfer of a business (“handelszaak”/“fonds de commerce…

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Belgian Competition Authority issues guidance on pharma coll…

On 18 September 2025, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) published a c…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. The Portability Regu…

The Portability Regulation is one of the first legal instruments adopted to implement the digital single market strategy, more particularly as to its …

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Elections sociales 2020: le RGPD, aussi, est à la fête!

Les élections sociales pour l’institution et le renouvellement des conseils d’entreprise et des comités pour la prévention et la protection au travail…

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Het finale Belgische ‘nationaal energie- en klimaatplan’ en de Belgische langetermijnstrategie: het geduld van…

Op 31 december 2019 diende België, nog net op tijd, zijn definitieve nationaal energie- en klimaatplan (NEKP) in bij de Commissie. Het staat nu al vas…

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(Rainy) Sky v. SkyKick : the CJEU opened its umbrella

On 29 January 2020, the CJEU handed its much anticipated decision in the referral from the English High Court in the ‘Sky v. SkyKick’ case. And e…

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Een Engelstalig bonusplan kan niet « gedeeltelijk » nietig zijn in het voordeel van de werknemer

Het Vlaams taaldecreet voorziet de absolute nietigheid voor stukken die niet opgesteld zijn in het Nederlands, zonder dat deze nietigheidssanctie enig…

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Dirigeant de société : fini le RCD !?

Clap de fin pour le règlement collectif de dettes pour les dirigeants de société ? C’est en tout cas en ce sens que ce sont récemment pronon…

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VLABEL VB 19053: het verblijvingsbeding met betrekking tot onverdeelde goederen onbelast

De grootste bezorgdheid van echtgenoten in het kader van hun successieplanning is dikwijls het verzorgd achterlaten van de langstlevende partner. Over…

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Sky vs Skykick: A trademark without an intent of use is bad faith

A recent judgment of the European Court of Justice makes it clear that trademark applicants must be very careful when filing a trademark applicat…

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Fin de vie pour le “Cash for car”

Déjà décrié par le Conseil d’Etat lors de l’adoption de la loi en 2018, la loi instaurant l’allocation de mobilité, dénommée usuellement “Cash for car…

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Is this the end of tax exemptions for ports in Europe?

In January 2020, the Commission published its decision to open an in-depth investigation into the tax exemption granted to port authorities in Italy f…

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Nieuwigheden inzake het stelsel van werkloosheid met bedrijfstoeslag (SWT)

De CAO’s nrs. 144 en 145 van 17 december 2019, maken het mogelijk dat oudere werknemers van bedrijfstakken die ressorteren onder een niet-opgericht PC…

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Implications of Johnson’s Brexit deal on public procurement

In this blogpost, we highlight the impact of Brexit as of 1 February 2020 on public procurement. In this blogpost, we highlight the impact of Bre…

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First decision under new trade secrets law

The act of 30 July 2018 transposed Directive (EU) 2016/943 on trade secrets into Belgian law (see Eubelius Spotlights September 2018). …

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Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. Introducing the Copy…

On 6 May 2015, the European Commission announced its 'Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe' (1).  This strategy was based on three pillars:

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Belgium adopts property law reform

On 30 January 2020, the Belgian Parliament unanimously adopted a bill inserting a new Book 3 into the Civil Code that is dedicated to property law. Th…

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Tax Flash: CJEU rules that Dutch tax rules on dividends paid to non-resident UCITS partly violate EU law

On 30 January 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued its judgement in the case of Köln Aktienfonds Deka (“KA Deka”). The CJE…

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Het gebruik van de juiste taal in arbeidsrelaties is cruciaal

In bepaalde gevallen zijn sociale documenten die in de verkeerde taal werden opgesteld, nietig als gevolg van de taalvoorschriften inzake arbeidsrelat…

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Adoption de mesures de soutien aux indépendants frappés par le “Brexit dur”

En décembre dernier, le ministre des PME, des Indépendants et de l’Agriculture, Denis Ducarme, annonçait l’adoption de mesures visant à soutenir les i…

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The Belgian Competition Authority extends the simplified procedure on concentrations

The Belgian competition authority (BCA) has extended the application of the simplified procedure on concentrations. In October 2019, the BCA…

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Minding your language in Belgian employment contracts

While we Belgians are generally known for being quite flexible in our use of foreign languages, we can be real sticklers when it comes to the use of l…

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